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Synonyms for cranky
ˈkræŋ kicranky

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 3 votes

  1. cranky

    Synonyms:
    crotchety, queer

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. crank, cranky, tender, tippyadjective

    (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

    Synonyms:
    untoughened, pettish, crank, peckish, petulant, tender, sensitive, fond, peevish, tetchy, irritable, warm, raw, fractious, nettlesome, scratchy, techy, tippy, sore, affectionate, lovesome, testy

    Antonyms:
    stable, good-natured

  2. cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techyadjective

    easily irritated or annoyed

    "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

    Synonyms:
    irritating, rough, tender, bothersome, galling, gravelly, crank, pesky, scratchy, pettish, pestiferous, pestering, abrasive, uneven, vexing, petulant, irritable, excitable, plaguey, refractory, teasing, tippy, peevish, rasping, recalcitrant, nettlesome, fractious, plaguy, tetchy, testy, spotty, techy, vexatious, raspy, peckish, annoying, grating

    Antonyms:
    good-natured, stable

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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words4.0 / 4 votes

  1. crankyadjective

    Synonyms:
    crotchety, capricious, unreasonable, cantankerous, cross, perverse, cross-grained, contumacious unsteady

PPDB, the paraphrase database1.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "cranky":

    grumpy, grouchy, crabby, high-strung, eccentric, jittery, jumpy, edgy, skittish

Nicknames1.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of known nicknames for "Cranky":

    cranky

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#30373grumpy
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#35563edgy
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#59577scratchy
#65060crabby
#66650grouchy
#68434gravelly
#70249recalcitrant
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#74028jumpy
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#78530vexing
#89995vexatious
#90718tippy
#96709raspy
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#111963fractious
#112226peevish
#147394rasping
#185350crotchety
#287350peckish
#323849tetchy

How to use cranky in a sentence?

  1. Howard Dean:

    The strategy is get your point across, never make more than one or two big points, and don't snipe at somebody without thinking it through because you don't want to look cranky.

  2. Meir Kryger:

    Just imagine you don't sleep enough and you're cranky, who's going to want to be around you ? Another part of it is being cognitively sharp.

  3. Katie Ingram:

    'Cranky' is really the best word for it, i take a lot of medication for it, and that makes me sleepy. And I can't do a lot of the things that I like to do outside, so that makes me cranky. ... The wheezing part of it makes me feel tired.

  4. Joe Taravella:

    I would try and put their behaviors into words like saying, 'I see that you've been more cranky lately or more upset, I'm wondering if something's going on, if you feel upset about something,'.

  5. Jesse Watters:

    Being a president is kind of like being a parent, you have to manage expectations. We take the twins on a car ride to Maine from New York … I don't tell the twins we're going to get there in three hours … They're going to be cranky and confused, and they're not going to trust me the next day. And that's how other people feel. They're cranky, confused, and they're distrustful of the president.


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